cynlynn3 said:
How do I set up a document so the date will automatically appear as
the current date?
In Word 2003 or earlier, click Insert > Field; in Word 2007, click Insert >
Quick Parts > Field. In the dialog, choose a CreateDate field and click OK.
The resulting field always shows the date you created the document. (You
probably don't want a Date field, which updates itself to show the date on
which you've just _opened_ the document.) See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/DateFields.htm for more.
How do I set up a document that gives direction to the typer to "type
name here" and the "type name here" will disappear, but will reappear
when the document is unsaved and closed out for the next the user?
In any version of Word, you can use a MacroButton field; see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/UsingMacroButton.htm.
In Word 2007, you can use a text content control -- go to Office button >
Word Options > Popular and turn on the Developer tab of the ribbon, then go
to that tab and insert a control from the Controls group. If the document is
saved in Word 97-2003 format, though, this control will be disabled.
In any case, DO NOT use documents that way ("the document is unsaved and
closed out for the next user"). Make a template, and use the File > New
command to make new documents based on the template. This avoids the
possibility -- which people come here and cry about all the time -- of
saving a new document with the same name as an older document and losing the
data. When you use a template, every new document has the same starting text
automatically.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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